First look at the iSight

Over at MacSlash , a first look ( reasonably literally ) at Apple ’s new iSight camera for video conferencing :

The tv camera itself is maybe three inches in length and about an column inch widely , the form factor is a canonic cylinder with a bit on the bottom for the firewire adapter . Apple did some cagy engineering on the base of the photographic camera , as the firewire cable provided faux pas inside a interlock arranger that attaches to the base of the camera , fasten it to the Emily Post that you mount on your screen . The whole procedure get hold of about 5 minute of arc . Getting it to function with iChat is a simple process . Plug it in . That ’s all . iChat AV picked up the ball and go with there .

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